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单词 sow thistle
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sow this′tle  (sou),USA pronunciation 
  1. Plant Biologyany composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, esp. S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice.
  • Middle English sowethistel, earlier sugethistel. See sow2, thistle 1200–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sow thistle /saʊ/ n
  1. any of various plants of the Old World genus Sonchus, esp S. oleraceus, having milky juice, prickly leaves, and heads of yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
Etymology: 13th Century: from sugethistel, perhaps variant of Old English thugethistel, thuthistel thowthistle, a dialect name of the sow thistle. See sow², thistle
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